US EditionSupreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats
The Supreme Court's order allows California's Prop 50 map to potentially add five Democratic House seats, countering Republican gains in Texas, according to court filings.
- On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map for this year's midterm election in an unsigned order with no dissents.
- After voters approved Proposition 50 last November, California voters enacted new lines via a statewide referendum supported by 64%, framed as a Democratic response to Texas redistricting last year.
- Judge Josephine Staton wrote that Proposition 50 was a political gerrymander to flip five Republican seats to Democrats.
- With candidate filing beginning Feb. 9, the ruling allows most of California's 52 House districts to use new lines, enabling Democrats to potentially gain five seats.
- The ruling follows the Court's December clearance of Texas' map, continuing a tit-for-tat redistricting battle as Justice Samuel Alito noted both maps sought partisan advantage, highlighting the Court's limited role.
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The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map
The Supreme Court is allowing California to use its new congressional map for this year’s midterm election, clearing the way for the state’s gerrymandered districts as Democrats and Republicans continue their fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives.The state’s voters approved the redistricting plan last year as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas’ new GOP-friendly map, which President Trump pushed for to help Republicans hold on…
Supreme Court upholds California gerrymander
What happenedThe U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use its newly redrawn congressional map in this year’s midterm elections. There were no dissents in the brief emergency docket order, which rejected a “last-ditch plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration” to reject the voter-approved redistricting plan, The Associated Press said.Who said whatCalifornia’s new map is “designed to flip up to five seats now held b…
Supreme Court Allows California To Use New Congressional Map Eliminating Five GOP Seats
by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – The Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday declined to take up a legal challenge to California’s newly drawn congressional map, allowing the state to proceed with district lines that effectively eliminate five Republican-held U.S. House seats. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices rejected an appeal brought by California Republicans seeking to block the redistr…
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